Fragile Words

By skinner_jennifer

Tue, 20 Jan 2015
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Tap the door to the back of my mind,

awaken my spirit with a healing touch,

rumour has it there's time to linger long

as I lavish in the fruits of my labour,

separating unsavoury from agreeable,

 

distil and decant my hunger for expression,

the imagination such a mystery to unravel

as one who only senses danger when seen,

unskilled as I am...my trust a natural ease,

 

you may think of me as unworldly

that I'm fortunate to have come this far,

though faith in a guardian angel unseen

steers me along life's difficult course,

 

sometimes crossing rivers of indecision,

hard to describe consequences of rash choices,

so many misleading opinions sent to impress,

tempting this occasional weak...fuzzy brain,

compelling me to savour this twilight limbo.

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Comments

Submitted by jolono on

Hi Jenny. This really made me think. Paths we take in life and how we make those decisions. Sometimes we just have a "gut" instinct. Served us well so far...Nice piece.

 

Submitted by catherine poarch on

Hello Jenny. I'm always on and off this so may have just missed you but I've not seen anything from you for a while so wanted to say hope you are ok and nice to see your poem. This is beautifully gentle, almost a quiet conversation that includes us..

 

Submitted by maisie on

and lyrical.  I enjoyed your poem, at the last line I wondered if it would read better if you used 'compelled' (more direct) to compelling (less so) to lift the piece.

maisie angel Guess what?  I'm still alive!

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Joe,

many thanks for reading this poem. You are so right about the paths we take and the decisions we make.  Glad you enjoyed and appreciate the comment.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hello Catherine,

I know it's been a long time since I've been on abc tales, life seems to have been so busy lately. Trying to fit in the things I want to do against the things that need doing is sometimes frustrating.

Hope you are keeping well too and not working too hard. 

I loved your comment about the gentle, almost quiet conversation with myself, I think that sums the poem up well.

You take care and thank you for reading and letting me know your thoughts.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Maisie, angel

glad you enjoyed this poem and I like that you found it lyrical.

I will have to look at the poem again and think about that word you mentioned. Appreciate the imput.

Thanks for taking the time to read.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Bee on

I really got the feeling behind this, Jenny. Enjoyed reading, and yes, it's gentle - I liked that, too.

Bee

Submitted by Stephen Thom on

i v much enjoyed this reflection, thoughts that could possibly spiral into worse places stilled and put at peace through the will to, as you say beautifully, 'distil and decant my hunger for expression', ending with the lovely quiet positivity of 'compelling me to savour this twilight limbo' 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi there Bee,

many thanks for reading my poem and letting me know your thoughts.

Glad you got the feeling of what I was trying to say.

Hope you are well.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hello Stephen,

what an inspiring comment, you got exactly what I was trying to convey.

Thank you for the kind words.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Jenny, a sometime poignant, and compelling read.  Your thoughts, eloquently and pictorially portrayed in this uplifiting poem.

Great to read you againsmiley

Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Tina,

It's good to have some time to put the written word down again, I've missed it so much.

Thank you also for your kind comment it was very encouraging.

Hope you are well and enjoying your writing.

Jenny. smiley